2025届上海市青浦区高三上学期一模考试英语试题

2024学年第一学期青浦区高三年级期终学业质量调研

英语学科 试卷

                （时间105分钟，满分115分）           2024.12

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I. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions:  After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.  For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

 

Washing Fruit Before Eating doesn’t Remove Pesticides (杀虫剂)

Do you wash fruit before putting it into your mouth? If your answer is yes, the following news may well be (1) ______ (disappoint) to you. Using specific imaging technology to see (2) ______ pesticides affected apples, scientists found distribution of pesticides in the apple skin and flesh layers, confirming that the pesticides pass through the skin layer into the flesh layer, according to a report published recently in America.

“Thus, the risk of pesticide intake from fruits cannot be avoided by simple washing other than peeling, which means taking the skin off fruits.” The study’s authors said they were not looking to scare (3) ______ about the presence of pesticides in their food, but they want to provide guidance on how to avoid them. This study, (4) ______ (situate) within the expansive research area of food safety, attempts to provide consumers with health guidance,” said Dongdong Ye, professor at Anhui Agricultural University and study author.

(5) ______ ______ bringing up unnecessary anxiety, the research assumes that peeling can effectively wipe out nearly all pesticide left. This contrasts with the practice of washing, which (6) ______ (recommend) frequently. As the report says, “traditional fruit-cleaning operations cannot wholly remove pesticides,” but “considering that the flesh layer lost during peeling was a great deal (7) ______ (large) than 0.03mm, we believe that the peeling operation can effectively avoid the dangers of pesticides in the fruit’s skin (8) ______ ______ the probability of taking in pesticides can be reduced.”

According to the most recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “before allowing a pesticide (9) ______ (use) on a food product, the Environmental Protection Agency sets limits on how

much of the pesticide may be used on food during growing, processing, and storage, and how much can remain on the food (10) ______ reaches the consumer.”

 

Section B

Directions:  Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.  Each word can be used only once.  Note that there is one word more than you need.

 

 

Record Number of People in Space

It’s “rush hour” in Earth orbit at the moment. We’ve reached a record number of humans in space, NASA announces.

Crew onboard the Russian Soyuz capsule, a flight to the International Space Station (ISS) that took place on Sept. 11, became record-breaking space residents this week, as the number (11) ______ up to the now 19 humans living and working in space.

A US astronaut and two Russian astronauts have joined nine others (12) ______ onboard the ISS, and the two astronauts enjoying an extended stay, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

There are three “taikonauts” (13) ______ in orbit — Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu — onboard the Chinese Tiangong Space Station.

There are also four (14) ______ in orbit — Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon — who are taking part in SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, and just carried out the first-ever private space walk at their own expense.

With the amount of 19 humans, it beats the (15) ______ record for the most amount of humans in Earth’s orbit at one time. That record was (16) ______ last year in May 2023 when 17 people were in orbit, including astronaut Frank Rubio who was also on an unplanned extended stay.

Bear in mind that the episode of the present time is not the record for the largest number of people in space. Using the US definition of space at 80 kilometers (50 miles), that record was broken in May 2023 when a(n) (17) ______ of 20 people were in space.

This involved people on the ISS and the Tiangong space station, plus two private sub-orbital space ventures by Virgin and Axiom Space. Sub-orbital flights do not orbit the Earth. Instead, they follow a(n) (18) ______ trajectory (轨迹) that reaches the edge of space and then fall back to Earth.

But back to September 2024, the present Polaris Dawn mission is particularly novel and exciting. Traveling in a Crew Dragon spacecraft is the furthest distance from Earth that a(n) (19) ______ vehicle has flown since the era of the Apollo program in the 1960s and early 1970s. Gillis and Menon also earn the record for the furthest a woman has ever flown from Earth.

On September 12, the Polaris Dawn mission made even more history by (20) ______ the first spacewalk ever attempted by private citizens using SpaceX’s newly designed spacesuits.

II. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions:  For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.  Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

 

 

Ever wondered why you reach for a snack after hitting the gym? Research shows that physical exercise often leads to __21__ food consumption. With countless sports events __22__, a new question arises: Can watching sports on a screen also influence how much we eat?

The answer is yes. Our research reveals that watching sports videos can increase candy consumption. But there is more to the story: the __23__ of the sports you are watching plays a crucial role in these effects.

We first invited 112 students to the lab to watch a video and test some candies. The students who saw the sports video ate more candies than those who saw the one without physical activity. To learn more, we invited just the female students to watch videos __24__ either easy or difficult-to-perform sports. Students who watched the easy sports video ate much more. We can thus conclude that the ease of the exercise shown __25__ impacts candy consumption.

To explain our findings, we looked at research on goal __26__. When people feel they are not meeting a goal, they push harder; but once they see __27__, they tend to relax. For example, after a workout, those aiming to stay fit might feel they have achieved advancement and then ease up on their efforts. This can lead to a __28__ in the drive to pursue related goals, like healthy eating. Research shows that achieving smaller goals (like exercising) can make people feel they have earned a(n) __29__, which results in overeating. So completing a workout might make you more likely to __30__ yourself with extra food than if you had not finished your session. 

So what is the __31__ for us? Be mindful of how watching sports can affect our eating habits. If you are aiming to stay on track with your diet, watch more __32__ sports. Moreover, when setting dieting goals, remind yourself that real progress comes from __33__ effort, not just imagining yourself doing a workout. Engage in activities that genuinely challenge you, and pair them with healthy eating habits. This way, you can avoid the trap of feeling the fitness goal to be __34__ accomplished and then overeating.

In conclusion, should you watch the Olympic Games if you want to __35__ your diet? Of course, but it might be better to choose the physical activities you find the most difficult to perform — and watch them without moderation. 

 

21. A. wasteful         B. increased        C. processed        D. healthy

22. A. airing        B. happening      C. celebrating        D. unfolding

23. A. category       B. length            C. difficulty        D. audience